Removing Kazaa

[Guest]

I can't get rid of Kazaa. I go into control panel click on add/remove
programs, highlight Kazaa, click remove, and I get an error message. Says to
close any running programs, empty temprary folder, check internet
connection(internet-based setup) which I'm not familiar with. I did the
first 2 suggestions, but can't figure out the third one. Any suggestions?

thanks - John

 

[David H. Lipman]

From: "John" <[email protected]>

| I can't get rid of Kazaa. I go into control panel click on add/remove
| programs, highlight Kazaa, click remove, and I get an error message. Says to
| close any running programs, empty temprary folder, check internet
| connection(internet-based setup) which I'm not familiar with. I did the
| first 2 suggestions, but can't figure out the third one. Any suggestions?
|
| thanks - John

Make sure Kazaa is not running then uninstall !

 

[Yves Leclerc]

I once located a utility to "yanks" Kazaa completely out. I think the name
was "Kazaa Be Gone??"

 

[Galen]

In David H. Lipman <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Make sure Kazaa is not running then uninstall !

See also:

KazzaBegone
http://www.spychecker.com/program/kazaagone.html

When that's done see also:

Malware Cleaning:
http://kgiii.info/windows/all/general/malwarefix.html

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[Guest]

I have found that Kazaa will not close at times even when clearing it from
the task bar. You think its closed when really its still active.
Try opening the "task manager" and clicking on the "processes" tab. Scroll
down the list and look for Kazaa. Right click on it and and select "end
process tree"

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

Kazaa is a P2P client, for the most part used to obtain files and programs
illegally.. use of Kazaa will inevitably end up with you getting a virus or
some other nasty on your system..

Best advice is to un-install it.. presumably, you know how to access
Add/Remove Programs..

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi,

Here are a couple of link to assist in removing Kazaa.

KazaaBegone - remove Kazaa components:
http://www.spychecker.com/program/kazaagone.html
KazaaBegone, of course:
http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

You will also want to run a full scan for virus and malware infection.

 

[Albert Sims]

Kazaa is a P2P client, for the most part used to obtain files and
programs
illegally.. use of Kazaa will inevitably end up with you getting a virus
or
some other nasty on your system..

....or a very expensive lawsuit from the RIAA or MPAA for copyright
infringement...

 

[GTS]

The uninstall for Kazaa in Add/Remove Programs is fraudulent and should
never be run. It reloads various spyware components.
KazaaBegone from http://www.spychecker.com/program/kazaagone.html should be
used. Once Kazaa has been installed there is an extensive selection of
malware on the computer. KazaaBegone should be followed additional scans
with, at a minimum, the following
Ad-Aware - http://www.lavasoftusa.com
Spybot - http://www.safer-networking.org/
CWShredder - http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html

It is also advisable to install SpywareBlaster for ongoing protection from
http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html
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